Paragraph 9 Legitimacy Act 1976

In section 1 of the Legitimacy Act 1976^f1 (legitimacy of children of certain void marriages), after subsection (4) insert—

“(5)

Subsections (1) and (4) are to be read, in relation to the child of a void marriage which has resulted from the purported conversion of a civil partnership under section 9 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 and regulations made under that section, as if the reference to the time of the celebration of the marriage was a reference to the date of the purported conversion of the civil partnership into marriage.”.